Elon Musk's Tesla reported an estimated federal tax bill of $0 for 2025. A Reuters analysis found that Tesla units in the Netherlands and Singapore posted $18 billion in profits that likely saved the company more than $400 million in US taxes reut.rs/48wd21x
Jamie Raskin has filed briefs supporting his motions for the court to appoint an amici to contest vacating the convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Here's the Proud Boys version ...
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SCOOP with Elizabeth Williamson: The Onion has a new plan to take over Infowars. It has entered into an agreement to license the Infowars brand and plans to operate it as a comedy site. A Texas judge must approve the deal.
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Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional, a divided Commonwealth Court ruled Monday.
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Michigan officials on Sunday pushed back on a U.S. Department of Justice demand for Detroit-area ballots and other materials related to the 2024 election, accusing the Trump administration of trying to cast doubt on the integrity of U.S. elections.
A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.
Whatever you do,
The Mississippi Free Press got inundated with a raft of AI-generated opinion pieces—which we pay writers for—from people who don't exist pretending to be Mississippians.
One of those columns made it to publication before we caught the scam.
Kevin Edwards, editor for our Voices section, explains:
free link to 2016 SCOTUS memos in 🪡👇🏼
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There’s so much to say about the remarkable reporting from Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak—and I’ll say a lot of it in Monday’s newsletter.
But the most striking thing about all of it is the role & behavior of Chief Justice Roberts. “Calling balls and strikes” this ain’t:
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Some fascinating reading for SCOTUS nerds: internal memos discussing the eventual decision to stay Obama’s Clean Power Plan, a modern shadow docket origin story
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Great, shocking reporting on the origins of the Supreme Court maneuver that has enabled Trump to impose his agenda without full-blown legal review. Roberts resented the Obama admin’s EPA and wanted quick protection for oil companies.
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
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Baltimore Banner’s nonprofit publisher buys the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
![The Complaint also alleges that President Trump told Defendants that the Letter was a fake
before they ran the Article. President Trump argues that this allegation shows that Defendants
acted with serious doubts about the truth of their reporting and, therefore, with actual malice. The
Court disagrees. To establish actual malice, “a plaintiff must show the defendant deliberately
avoided investigating the veracity of the statement in order to evade learning the truth.” Reed, 2025
WL 1874638, at *3. The Complaint comes nowhere close to this standard. Quite the opposite. The
Article explains that, before running the story, Defendants contacted President Trump, Justice
Department officials, and the FBI for comment. President Trump responded with his denial, the
Justice Department did not respond at all, and the FBI declined to comment. In short, the
Complaint and Article confirm that Defendants attempted to investigate. The Article also states
that the WSJ reviewed the Letter. [ECF No. 35-2].13 Accordingly, President Trump’s conclusory
allegation that Defendants had contradictory evidence and failed to investigate is rebutted by the
Article and is insufficient to establish actual malice. See Michel, 816 F.3d at 704 (holding that
plaintiff did not adequately allege malice where record “indicate[d] that the reporters conducted
some outreach and engaged in due diligence”).14
13 The Complaint alleges that the Article does not explain, among other things, whether Defenda](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svawqo4jxobyyuqmixplvcux/bafkreihuydsux6rkwa4efdnydg6su2quqdxhdcycnaoeg5reio5iq7dlcm)
The Complaint also alleges that President Trump told Defendants that the Letter was a fake before they ran the Article. President Trump argues that this allegation shows that Defendants acted with serious doubts about the truth of their reporting and, therefore, with actual malice. The Court disagrees. To establish actual malice, “a plaintiff must show the defendant deliberately avoided investigating the veracity of the statement in order to evade learning the truth.” Reed, 2025 WL 1874638, at *3. The Complaint comes nowhere close to this standard. Quite the opposite. The Article explains that, before running the story, Defendants contacted President Trump, Justice Department officials, and the FBI for comment. President Trump responded with his denial, the Justice Department did not respond at all, and the FBI declined to comment. In short, the Complaint and Article confirm that Defendants attempted to investigate. The Article also states that the WSJ reviewed the Letter. [ECF No. 35-2].13 Accordingly, President Trump’s conclusory allegation that Defendants had contradictory evidence and failed to investigate is rebutted by the Article and is insufficient to establish actual malice. See Michel, 816 F.3d at 704 (holding that plaintiff did not adequately allege malice where record “indicate[d] that the reporters conducted some outreach and engaged in due diligence”).14 13 The Complaint alleges that the Article does not explain, among other things, whether Defenda
In dismissing (without prejudice) Trump’s lawsuit vs WSJ over that Epstein birthday card, the judge shows why a reporter — asking someone for comment and quoting their response fully — is a smart legal, as well as ethical, thing to do.
Breaking:
A federal judge just dismissed Trump's defamation lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled Trump hadn't made a valid legal claim that he was defamed by an article about a letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump's name.
Pick not puck
It’s April so an easy call if you had to puck between Mets winning or Orban losing. Good thing the Hungarian election wasn’t in October.
Orban lost despite
“eliminating many checks and balances by stacking the judicial system…, and taking control of most news media outlets. He also worked to export his model of ‘illiberal democracy,’ promoting himself as an invincible guru…”
Okay this isn’t really happening anymore so I can tell you how l had “internal ICE sources”: the 3000 very stir-crazy ICE agents were all going wild on Minneapolis Tinder. Local girls would match with them and string them along for intel. They loved to brag about what they were doing all day
Cap of Trump TS post
Trump: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for two weeks”
TRUMP ON PAKISTAN'S 2-WEEK EXTENSION REQUEST: NOT YET FULLY BRIEFED BUT KNOWS PM SHARIF WELL, CALLS HIM 'HIGHLY RESPECTED'; LEAVITT SAYS PRESIDENT IS AWARE & RESPONSE WILL COME - FOX NEWS
BREAKING:
Pakistan’s Prime Minister is asking President Trump to extend his deadline by two weeks and is urging the Islamic Republic of Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding two-week period in exchange.
In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.
Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
Well said
“A whole civilization will die tonight” is the most vile thing a US president has ever said, certainly during the post-1945 era when they’ve had the power to kill civilizations with the dropping of a bomb. I’m staring into the darkness. May this not be one of the most fateful days in human history.
lol
a bunch of peeps in a gaudy Oval Office wearing too-big shoes.
The winner of this year's WaPo Peeps Diorama Contest is "A Shaming of the Shoes."
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Once again, it is worth emphasizing how much shame this man brings to the United States.
Toward the end she tried to target more innocent people, but it was too little, too late.
